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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Dracon" data-source="post: 1466212" data-attributes="member: 14799"><p>Steve - I would like your opinion on the Canon 7x35 once you have used them.  They tend to have stiff focusing - but that can be fixed.  One nice thing about them, if you wear glasses is this.  Removing the eye cup, you will find a nice flat surface which accommodates my 3 M sticky back rubbery flat rings.  I use a set of leather round punches to punch out donuts to fit the older binoculars.  This way I can usually get the full field of view and still keep from scratching my eye glasses.  The Canon coatings create a rich color to my eyes.  I have found the image to be superior to the old B&Lsm and those are pretty darn good. s Canon's 7x50s are also quite good, but I have found their 8x30s not so good.  The 7x35 are really solid.  No cheap materials in these old binoculars.  John</p></blockquote><p></p>